Oléron (redirect from Île d'Oléron)
The Isle of Oléron or Oléron Island (French: île d'Oléron, [il dɔleʁɔ̃]; Saintongese: ilâte d'Olerun; Latin: Uliaros insula, [uliˈaːros ˈinsula]) is an...
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The Canton of Île d'Oléron (French: canton de l'Île d'Oléron) is an administrative division on the Oléron Island in the department of Charente-Maritime...
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Île de Ré (French pronunciation: [il də ʁe]; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ile de Rét; English: Isle of Ré, /reɪ/ RAY) is an island off the...
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pronunciation: [fɔʁ bwajaʁ] ) is a fort located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits, on the west coast of France...
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Royan pocket (redirect from Liberation of the Île d'Oléron)
capitulation of the German forces at Pointe de Grave. After Royan was taken, Ile d'Oléron was also captured on 30 April in Opération Jupiter, and de Larminat was...
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was founded in 1898 in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus near La Rochelle and the Île d'Oléron in western France. Gillardeau now produces roughly half its oysters in...
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[bwajaʁˈvil]) is a district in the town of Saint-Georges-d'Oléron on the eastern part of Oléron Island (Île d'Oléron), Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France...
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List of islands of France (section Île-de-France)
de terre Île d'Or Île des Vieilles Rocher du torpilleur Île Bruzzi Île de Cavallo Îles Cerbicale Île de Gargalo Corsica Île de Pinarellu Îles Lavezzi Îlots...
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The Île de Ré bridge is located in French departement of Charente-Maritime, on the western coast of France and connects the mainland (La Rochelle) to...
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the Gironde. The département includes the islands of Île de Ré, Île d'Aix, Ile d'Oléron and Île Madame. The département forms the northern part of the...
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Saint-Denis d'Oléron is located at the northern end of the Île d'Oléron, in the northwest of the Charente-Maritime department. St. Denis-d'Oléron is the northernmost...
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Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ dɔleʁɔ̃], lit. 'St. Peter of Oléron') is a commune in the French department of Charente-Maritime...
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more sandy soils are present in the coastal areas and on the île de Ré and île d'Oléron. The IGP Charentais has a moderate maritime climate. The average...
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Isle of Aix (French: île d'Aix), in the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular place for tourist day-trips during the summer months. Île-d'Aix is located at the...
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Charente-Maritime département of France, bounded by the Île d'Oléron to the west and the Île de Ré to the north. The port of La Rochelle stands at the...
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siege. Soubise then returned to Ré with 15 ships and soon occupied the Ile d'Oléron as well, thus giving him command of the Atlantic coast from Nantes to...
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is a strait on the Atlantic coast of Western France between two islands; Île de Ré to the north, and Oléron to the south. To the east lies the continental...
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and Matra. The first tests were made on the Île du Levant, the focus moving in 1960 to the Ile d'Oléron in a building especially built for experimentation...
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April 1945 the Fusiliers marins played a role in the liberation of the Île d'Oléron. Disembarked at 0620 at Gatseau, an FM detachment advanced slowly through...
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Le Château-d'Oléron (French pronunciation: [lə ʃɑto dɔleʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Lo Chasteu d'Olairon) is a commune located on the Island of Oléron, in the Charente-Maritime...
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Bellum's tasks, V.I.L.E. arranges for Carmen to board a ferry to the Île d'Oléron, where Zack and Ivy have been relocated in exchange for the items she...
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46.000; -59.850 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 46°0′N 1°23′W / 46.000°N 1.383°W / 46.000; -1.383 (France) France Île d'Oléron and the mainland...
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Second British Army in 1945, Operation Jupiter was the liberation of the Île d'Oléron by Free French Forces Operation Jupiter was the French title of the 1988...
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estuary (Operation Independence, revived) Jupiter (1945) — assault on Île d'Oléron Veritable (1945) — Canadian First Army's advance through the Klever Reichswald...
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north) northbound exit and southbound entrance 35 E603 - Angoulême; Ile d'Oléron; Royan; Saintes (N 137) 36 Jonzac; Cognac; Pons 37 Montendre; Royan;...
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of the lieutenant-general Burie. On the Île d'Oléron the citadel of Saint-Pierre was attacked. On the nearby Île de Ré, the Protestants adopted an attitude...
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of the Lycée Français de New York. Born in 1877 at Le Château-d'Oléron on the Île d'Oléron, he attended the School of Political Science at Avignon Université...
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Grave pocket Pointe de Grave 3,500 men 12 September 1944 20 April 1945 Île d'Oléron 2,000 men 12 September 1944 30 April 1945 La Rochelle pocket La Rochelle...
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Op. 31 and 32. Louis XVIII appointed him "Major de la place" on the Île d’Oléron in 1816. Between 1820 and 1825, he established his home in nearby Niort...
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commemorated as unknown) in fishing ports on the French islands of Île de Ré and Île d'Oléron (cemeteries at Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Saint-Trojan-les-Bains,...
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